Two Meissen Marseille relief dinner plates made for Frederick II. - image-1

Lot 690 Dα

Two Meissen Marseille relief dinner plates made for Frederick II.

Auction 1039 - overview Cologne
14.11.2014, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, and Furniture
Estimate: 1.200 €
Result: 1.116 € (incl. premium)

Two Meissen Marseille relief dinner plates made for Frederick II.

Decorated with birds of paradise, deutsche blumen, fruit and nuts. Blue crossed swords mark, pressnummer 56. Diameter 23.5 cm.
Ca. 1760.

Literature

In his article "Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan" (Keramos 208/2012) Wittwer mentions a "Taffel-Service mit erhabenen Bluhmen crodesko Schildern, in selbe indianische Vögel, Bluhmen und Früchte, golden Rand gemahlt.", which Frederick II ordered from Meissen in early 1760.